RussIa has recently been attacked by the Biden administration which claimed it interfered with the 2016-2020 elections. What nonsense! I suspect the US has to have some boogeyman to attack simply to make our fragile, over the hill President seem to have a pulse. But the real troublemaker, threat and villain is communist China (the nation which really did interfere in our elections—recall Covid 19?). But the the “Big Guy” and the Biden clan is heavily invested in China, but —just as sinister—too many our own US companies are so obsessed with the 1.4 billion-person Chinese market they focus on nothing else—even policies that threaten our nation. So the Biden handlers direct “Grandpa Joe” to shake his cane at Russia only.
So I was happy to learn that when it comes to technology, the Russians are still at the top of the class.
A piece in the UK’s premiere economic journal :The Economist” just published a story on the efficacy of the vaccines on the market today: entitled: “In clinical and real world China’s Sinovac underperforms. ” The magazine reports that the phase three trials in Brazil on health care workers, show very disappointing effecacy results for China — (only 51% ). This for an aspiring world leader—one which secretly has plans to take over the world both economically and technologically.. In an earlier “real world” trial (on the general population) its effectiveness dropped even lower—to only 35%!!! That is below WHO standards—but don't expect the WHO to call them out on this, just yet,. That organization is under the Chinese thumb very much like our greedy US companies.
But the Phase three trial results in Brazil were good for Pfizer, Moderna and Sputnik V which were up at 96%, 94% and 92% respectively. Novavax had a very poor trial in South African, and a much better British trial (49% in SA and 89% in UK) but remains in the questionable range. Astrzeneka results were reported in thevlow 80% range , while Johnson and Johnson was in in the high 60%. These latter vaccines have also reported other troubling side effects not experienced in the top three
I know August of 2020–I do recall the response by our (no longer to be believed) press when Sputnik V —the first one out on the market.(in August of 2010!!) , Our politicized media were very dismissive of the Russian effort. Comments such as: “You can’t believe Russia.” “Putin lies”, “No one could trust Russian science”, etc. etc. But here they Russians are with one of the top efficacy rates. (The premiere journal of medicine The Lancet also published the results on Sputnik V in February, asserting it was 92% effective against symptoms of Covid. and was one of the top performers) zBut our own press remains silent on these results
But that is not all. Sputnik V, uses a common adenovirus as the carrier for the messenger RNA (mRNA)which then enters the cells to produce the antibodies for the Covid spike protein. Thus unlike Pfizer’s vaccine, it does not have to be kept at extraordinarily cold temperatures before use. Like Pfizer it is a two jab process, 21 days apart. But unlike Pfizer, the two injections are different! The first and second injections use different adenovirus carriers. This is to insure that the the patient does not develop and immune response to the carrier virus, which would then destroy it on the second injection. So in this way its two shot process improves its efficacy, but by using two two different carriers it prevents the problems of the host developing immunity, possible in the other vaccines.
So the Russian vaccine has some very positive things to say about it in this world battle against the Covid plague. It is very effective, avoids immunity problems for the carrier, it does not require very special equipment to keep it super cold, and it is a lot less expensive than the others.
It will probably be used extensively in more rural , less advanced countries where the infrastructure is not adequate for the Pfizer vaccine.
We should all be standing together in our battle against this world wide plague Too bad the Democrats only see the plague as just another means of advancing their self serving domestic policies
Kudos to Russia!!
Sputnik was another Russia first First 1958 artificial earth satellite !!
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